It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.

As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.

And there is such a thing as a decathlon high. It's like a rock rolling down hill, picking up momentum. You get better and better.

We'll probably only consider a handful of individuals. We'll bring up people who can accumulate either innings or at-bats, so we can hopefully gauge where they stand as a prospective Major Leaguer.

Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.

It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.

Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics.